Infinite loop in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-3880
Published: June 8, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91421
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3880
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in net/ipv4/inet_diag.c. A local user can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3880
Install updates from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - update to 2.6.37 rc2
External References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/9
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145899.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44665
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651264
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/3
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42126
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=22e76c849d505d87c5ecf3d3e6742a65f0ff4860